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May 16, 2024
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Michael Cohen; Defense Presses Cohen On All The Times He Lied Under Oath. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Trump Defense Shows Jury Text Exchange Between Cohen, 14- Year-Old Prankster; Cohen Acknowledges Trump's First Comment On Stormy Daniels Was That His Family Wouldn't Like It; Cohen Says He Has About 95 Secret Recordings On His Phone, Including "About 40" With Reporters. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Soon: Trump Defense Resumes Cross-Examination Of Michael Cohen; Stunning Moment With Michael Cohen In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Michael Cohen Testimony Continues. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Michael Cohen Faces Cross Examination From Trump Lawyers In New York Criminal Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Michael Cohen. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Any Minute: Cohen Back On Stand For Cross-Examination; Michael Cohen Back On The Stand For Cross-Examination; Trump Lawyer Cross- Examines Michael Cohen. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Michael Cohen. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Cross-Examination of Michael Cohen as He Returns to the Witness Stand; Michael Cohen Cross-Examined by Trump's Attorney. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Michael Cohen Back on the Stand for Cross-Examination. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Michael Cohen Back On The Stand For Cross-Examination. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Michael Cohen Back on Stand; Trump Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen's Cross-Examination. Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 14, 2024
• Key Takeaways of Cohen Testimony Yesterday at Trump's Trial; Cohen Resumes Testimony Today. Aired 9-9:30a ET
• Cross-Examination Of Michael Cohen In Trump's Hush Money Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Trump Defense Cross-Examines Michael Cohen; Fiery Exchange Kicks Off Defense Cross-Examination Of Cohen. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Now: Trump Defense Cross-Examines Michael Cohen; Cohen Testifies He Talks About Trump "Six Days A Week". Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Michael Cohen Testifies Against Donald Trump; Cohen Claims Trump Knew About Hush Money Payments; Prosecution and Defense Spar Over Cohen's Credibility; Potential Long Cross-Examination Ahead; Trump's Reaction to Testimony. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Appeals Court Denies Trump's Latest Request To Overturn Gag Order; Soon: Trump Defense Cross-Examines Michael Cohen. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Michael Cohen Continues Testimony in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Turning On Trump; Biden Announces New Tariffs On Chinese Goods As Trump Sits On Trial In New York. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Aftermath Of FBI Raid; Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Turning On Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Back On The Witness Stand; Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Aftermath Of FBI Raid. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Michael Cohen Testimony Continues. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen Currently Testifying in Trump Trial; Trump Gag Order Appeal Denied by New York Appeals Court. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Michael Cohen Testifies in Trump Trial; Now, Michael Cohen Testifies About Planned Reimbursement for Stormy Daniels Payment. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Cohen To Resume Testimony Today; Cohen Resume Testifying In The Trump Case. Aired 9:30-10a ET


May 13, 2024
• Michael Cohen Testifies Trump Only Worried About Campaign, Not His Wife. Cohen: Trump Expressed to Me, "Just Do It" on Hush Money Payment; Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Cohen Testifies He Called Trump Moments Before Making Hush Money Payment Because He "Required Sign-Off, And I Wanted My Money Back"; Cohen Testifies He "Immediately" Notified Trump When Payment Was Made. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Cohen: Trump "Expressed To Me, 'Just Do It,'" On Hush Money Payment; Phone Records Show Two Calls Between Cohen And Trump On Oct. 26, 2016, Just Before Hush Money Payment Was Made. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Michael Cohen's Detailed Testimony; Evidence Of Payoffs; Trump's Awareness And Involvement; Prosecution Strategy; Defense Challenges. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Soon: Former "Fixer" Michael Cohen Returns To The Stand; Trump Doing Well in Battleground State Polls. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Michael Cohen Testifies in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Stormy Daniels Story; Michael Cohen Testifies Trump Worried About Campaign, Not His Marriage When Stormy Daniels Came Forward. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Karen McDougal Story; Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About "Access Hollywood" Tape; Now: Michael Cohen Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Soon: Michael Cohen Resumes Testimony In Trump Trial; Now: Michael Cohen Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Now: Michael Cohen Testifies About Working With David Pecker To Kill Negative Stories About Trump. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen Takes the Stand on Trump's Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen Now Testifies on the Account of Karen McDougal. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Michael Cohen Testifies About Working for Trump; Now, Michael Testifies About Contacts With David Pecker; Now, Michael Cohen Testifies About Trump's 2016 Campaign. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Michael Cohen Testifies In Trump Trial Today. Aired 9:30-10a ET
• Michael Cohen to Testify in Trump Trial; Aired 9-9:30a ET


May 10, 2024
• Testimony Ends for the Week in Trump Hush Money Trial; Cyberattack Forces Health Care Network to Divert Ambulances; Consumer Confidence has its Worst Monthly Tumble Since 2021; Passenger Jets to Become Pentagons of the Sky. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Defense Asks Judge to Put Gag Order on Michael Cohen; Judge Instructs Prosecutors to Tell Him to Stop Commenting; Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Expansion of Rafah Operations After Biden Pauses Bomb Shipment Over Issue; FL Sheriff Releases Bodycam Footage from Airman's Shooting. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Testimony Finished for the Week in Trump Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen Expected to Begin Testimony Monday; Solar Storms Could Disrupt Communications this Weekend; VA School Board to Restore Confederate Names to 2 Schools. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Trump's Former Lawyer Michael Cohen to Testify; Prosecution to Wrap Case Soon; Judge Denies Gag Order on Cohen; Linking Trump to Payments; Biden's Decision on Israel Arms; UN Votes for Palestinian Membership; Ceasefire Talks Stalled. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Third Week Of Testimony Wraps In Trump's Hush Money Trial; Michael Cohen Expected To Begin Testifying Monday; CNN Correspondent Describes Scene In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Prosecution Nearly Finished in Trump Trial?. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Defense Cross-Examining Paralegal About Phone & Business Records; Michael Cohen Expected to Begin Testifying Monday. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Witness Testifying About Michael Cohen's Phone Records; Now: Jury Shown Business Records Prosecutors Allege Were Falsified; Now: Defense Cross-Examining Paralegal About Phone & Business Records. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Now: Jurors Seeing Trump's Tweets As Paralegal Testifies; Now: Jurors Seeing Text Messages About Stormy Daniels. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Paralegal Testifying About Reviewing Phone Records. Aired 11- 11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Testimony Regarding Cohen Phone Records Provided by an AT&T Compliance Analyst; On Monday, Michael Cohen Anticipated to Testify; Steve Bannon's Conviction Contempt Upheld by Appeals Court; Alvin Bragg, Manhattan District Attorney, Currently in Court; Susie Wiles, Prominent Trump Campaign Staffer, in Court. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Michael Cohen Expected to Begin Testifying Monday; Now, Defense Cross-Examining Ex-Oval Office Staffer; Now, Prosecution Against Questioning Ex-Oval Office Staffer. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Cohen Expected to Testify Monday; Recap of Trump's Trial; Anna Cominsky is Interviewed about the Trump Trial. Aired 9:30-10a ET


May 09, 2024
• Testimony Underway in Day 14 of Trump Hush Money Trial; Defense Attorney Attacks Stormy Daniels' Credibility, Truthfulness in Contentious Cross-Examination; Trump's Former Oval Office Director Testifies in Trump Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Testimony Underway in Day 14 of Trump Hush Money Trial; Stormy Daniels Testifies in Hush Money Trial; Now: Ex-Oval Office Director Testifies in Trump Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Testimony Resumes In Day 14 Of Trump Hush Money Trial; Harper Collins VP Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial; Defense Attorney Attacks Daniels' Credibility, Truthfulness In Contentious Cross- Examination; Now: Ex-Oval Office Director Testifies In Trump Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Stormy Daniels Testifies at Trump Hush Money Trial; Defense Strategy Centers on Discrediting Witnesses; Mystery Woman Rebecca Manochio Testifies Reluctantly; Prosecution Focuses on Establishing Financial Transactions; Trial Highlights Trump's Personal Involvement in Hush Money Payments. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Trump's Attorneys Try to Discredit Stormy Daniels' Testimony In Hush Money Trial; CNN Anchor Details Scene Inside Trump Hush Money Trial; The Biggest Moments of Stormy Daniels' Testimony Today; Next Trial Witness Is Trump Org Employee Rebecca Manochio Who Cut & Issued Checks. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Stormy Daniels Testifies In Hush Money Trial; Defense Atty. Attacks Stormy Daniels' Credibility, Truthfulness In Contentious Cross-Examination. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Trump Organization Bookkeeper Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Prosecution Redirect Of Stormy Daniels Underway; Stormy Daniels Testifies In Hush Money Trial. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Soon: Stormy Daniels Resumes Testimony In Hush Money Trial; Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Stormy Daniels; Stormy Daniels Testifies In Hush Money Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Stormy Daniels. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Stormy Daniels Cross-Examined by Trump's Attorney. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Trump Lawyer Cross-Examines Stormy Daniels. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Daniels Resumes Testimony. Aired 9:30-10a ET


May 07, 2024
• Stormy Daniels Being Cross-Examined In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Now: Stormy Daniels Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Judge Denies Trump Attorney's Motion For Mistrial; Stormy Daniels Resumes Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Stormy Daniels Returns To Witness Stand In Trump Trial; Details Of Non-Disclosure Agreement Discussed; Prosecution And Defense Spar Over Testimony Relevance; Trump's Attorneys Request Mistrial; Judge Denies Mistrial Request. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Stormy Daniels Testified About Alleged Sexual Encounter With Trump; Soon: Stormy Daniels Resumes Testimony In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Stormy Daniels Testifies in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1- 1:30p ET
• Stormy Daniels Describes Alleged Sexual Encounter With Trump; Stormy Daniels Testifies In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Biden Speaks On Rise In Antisemitism At Holocaust Remembrance Event; Biden: There Is No Place In America For Antisemitism; Biden: Antisemitic Acts Are "Despicable" And "Must Stop"; Stormy Daniels Testifying In Trump Hush Money Trial; Stormy Daniels Testifies About Meeting Karen McDougal; Stormy Daniels Testifies About Alleged Sexual Encounter With Trump. Aired 12-12:30p ET
• Soon: Stormy Daniels To Resume Testimony; Stormy Daniels Testifying In Trump Hush Money Trial; Biden Speaks On Rise Of Antisemitism In The US. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Stormy Daniels Testifies. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial; Trump Hush Money Trial, Stormy Daniels Takes The Witness Stand. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Today, Stormy Daniels Expected to Testify in Trump Trial. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Prosecutors Expected to Call Stormy Daniels to the Stand Today. Aired 9:30-10a ET


May 06, 2024
• Trump Org Employee Testifies In Hush Money Trial; Israel Says Rafah Operation Will Continue Despite Hamas Agreeing To Ceasefire Proposal; Families Of Hostages Call For Israel To Accept Ceasefire Deal. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Trump Org Employee Testifies In Hush Money Trial; Judge Finds Trump In Contempt For Violating Gag Order Again; Sources: U.S. Soldier Arrested, Detained In Russia. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• NSC Spokesperson, John Kirby, Gives Briefing On Hamas Agreement To Ceasefire Plan; Trump Org. Employee Testifies In Hush Money Trial; Judge Finds Trump In Contempt For Violating Gag Order Again. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Hamas Accepts Ceasefire Proposal; Israeli Government Reviews Hamas's Response, Uncertainty Over Agreement's Details; White House Monitoring Situation; CIA Director And Qatari Prime Minister Key Mediators; Israeli Evacuation Order Raises Questions; President Biden And Prime Minister Netanyahu Discuss Developments; Trump's Hush Money Trial Continues; Week Four Of Historic Criminal Trial In New York; Testimony Highlights Financial Records; Prosecution Aims To Establish Reimbursement Scheme; Allegations Of Falsified Payments; Defense Emphasizes Lack Of Direct Link To Trump. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Hamas Agrees To Ceasefire Proposal, Awaiting Israeli Response; Source: CIA Director Involved In Negotiations Over Ceasefire Proposal; Israeli Government Reviewing The Hamas Response To Ceasefire Proposal; State Department Spokesperson Gives Briefing On Ceasefire Proposal. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Testimony Continues in Trump Hush Money Trial; Hamas Agrees to Cease-Fire Agreement. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Now: Defense Cross-Examining Former Trump Org Executive; Hamas Agrees To Ceasefire Proposal From Egypt And Qatar. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Former Trump Org Executive Testifies In Hush Money Trial; Now: Defense Cross-Examining Former Trump Org Executive. Aired 12- 12:30p ET
• Soon: Former Trump Org Executive Resumes Testimony; Now: Former Trump Org Executive Testifies In Hush Money Trial. Aired 11:30a-12p ET
• Now: Former Trump Org Executives Testifies In Hush Money Trial. Aired 11-11:30a ET
• Donald Trump's Hush Money Trial, Former Executive of Trump Organization Testifies; After Trump Violates Gag Order Once More, Judge Finds Him in Contempt. Aired 10:30-11a ET
• Now, Former Trump Organization Executive Testifies in Hush Money Trial; Judge Finds Trump in Contempt for Violating Gag Order Again. Aired 10-10:30a ET
• Trump Found In Contempt Again; Jeff McConney Testifies In Trump Trial. Aired 9:30-10a ET


May 03, 2024
• Former Trump Aide Hope Hicks Finishes Testifying; Hope Hicks: Trump Told Her About Cohen Making Payment. Aired 3:30-4p ET
• Hope Hicks Cried While On The Stand In Hush Money Trial; Longtime Trump Aide Hope Hicks Resumes Testimony. Aired 3-3:30p ET
• Longtime Trump Aide Hope Hicks Testifying In Hush Money Trial. Aired 2:30-3p ET
• Hope Hicks Testifies In Trump's Hush Money Trial;Trump Campaign's Reaction To Controversies;Key Moments From Trump Tower Meetings. Aired 2-2:30p ET
• Judge To Trump: Gag Order Does Not Prevent You From Testifying; Soon, Testimony Resumes with Hope Hicks Back On The Stand In Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1:30-2p ET
• Justice Department to Announce Indictment of Congressman Henry Cuellar; Hope Hicks Testifies in Trump Hush Money Trial. Aired 1-1:30p ET
• Former Trump Aide Hope Hicks Testifies In Hush Money Trial. Aired 12:30-1p ET
• Now: Longtime Trump Aide Hope Hicks Testifying. Aired 12-12:30p ET


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